Ted Wells, the attorney appointed by the NFL to conduct the investigation of harassment allegations in the Miami Dolphins locker room, released his report Friday. He uncovered exactly what occurred in Miami that prompted Jonathan Martin to flee the team.

The report is clear: A portrait of constant abuse led to Martin’s spiral into deep depression and several members of the Dolphins organization knew it was going on, but did nothing to help.

“According to Martin, the mistreatment by his teammates and his inability to make them stop the insults drove him into depression and led him to contemplate suicide on two occasions in 2013,” Wells wrote. “Martin noted that in his four preceding years at Stanford, before he arrived at the Dolphins, he had no significant issues with depression and experienced no suicidal thoughts.”

The Dolphins sought to distance themselves from any knowledge of Martin’s internal troubles following the initial media coverage of the incident, but Wells indicates that Martin confided his suicidal thoughts to Dolphins offensive line coach Jim Turner.

That was in May 2013, months before Martin abruptly left the team following a cafeteria prank in October. Clearly, the Dolphins organization had an idea of the distress that plagued Martin, but did not do enough to help him cope.

It’s not difficult to grasp why the team failed to help Martin, reading through the report.

The harassment wasn’t simply a byproduct of Incognito’s mind. It came from within the walls of the organization. That’s the most damning finding. It wasn’t just one rogue player – the team, in fact, stood strongly behind Incognito. This was a culture of hostile treatment embedded within the walls of the Dolphins facility.

According to Wells, Martin wasn’t the only victim. Another young offensive lineman, who is referred to as “Player A” in the report to preserve confidentiality, and a team trainer also received derogatory insults and various forms of abuse.

“Dolphins’ Offensive Line Coach Jim Turner was aware of the running ‘joke’ that Player A was gay, and on at least one occasion, he participated in the taunting,” Wells wrote. “Around Christmas 2012, Coach Turner gave the offensive linemen gift bags that included a variety of stocking stuffers. The gifts included inflatable female dolls for all of the offensive linemen except Player A, who received a male ‘blow-up’ doll.”

Wells did say there was no evidence that either coach Joe Philbin, or the team’s front office knew about the abusive conduct.

Yes, we all know NFL locker rooms are not your standard workplaces. But that’s no excuse for that environment to condone racial and homo-phobic abuse that damaged the lives of three employees.

The bottom line is Wells’ report demonstrates that the Miami Dolphins failed to provide a working environment that fostered productive and healthy habits.

The franchise’s failure to monitor will prompt the NFL to consider changes across the league.

A distressed Martin, according to Wells’ report, confided in a friend outside of football amid the barrage of insults and abuse. He provided a list of pros and cons of continuing his football career.

Reasons to stay:

“-Football games are fun.
-I can make a lot of money playing football and be set for life.
-I have a legacy that will live after I die.
-Not many people get to live their childhood dream.
-I am the left tackle for the Miami Dolphins.

Reasons to leave?

“-I hate going in everyday.
-I am unable to socialize with my teammates in their crude manner
-If I quit, I’ll be known as a quitter for the rest of my life.
-My legacy at Stanford will be tarnished.
-I will never be able to look any coach from my past in the eye.
-I already have a lot of money. I could travel the world, get my degree. Then get a real job
-I could lose 70 lbs and feel good about my body
-I won’t die from CTE
-Maybe I’ll start to LIKE myself
-Why do I care about these people? All I need is my family.”

Many football players consider their teammates to be members of a family not linked by blood. Some of these bonds form relationships that last lifetimes.

In Miami, that bond was toxic.

And though Incognito is portrayed as the face of the harassment, the Dolphins are just as much at fault.

There now is no doubt it happened, or that the franchise let it happen and did nothing to stop it.